Sharp County record., 1887-11-03
ARKANSAS STATE NsWS'

- +hraa weeks, returneu W
srv slight advance in wages =, pou
Giant Chambers, who waylalu new
".'- Miller at MorrilIton few weeks ago
a., tr;ad IN kin him, was tried there ana
md guilty of assault to kill, and was sen m
need to three years in the penltentlary'
. has been placed in the latter institu'ion'
covarnor o Hughes has been appealeu 10
.rotact the colored citizens residing a,
p. Rand. Lawrence County. A cro"u
worthless characters masKea tneih
lives and raided their homes ana orue[eu
a,,, a. to laave. The negroes are peaceaole
ID law-abiding citizens. The Governor
- ordered the sheriff of the county 10
% 'otsct a. the negroes and make full IN
t0., ,,s,s tha niobt of the 9th inst, in Locust
Won Calhoun County, Andrew saucer
~ wavlaid and shot. Fourteen buck
'ots % we're put in him. His body was
mud few days ago, badly decomPoseu'
few days before his brother eloped WIN
g;rlin the neighborhood, and was cap
rad and taken back. Andrew went 10
a him while he was under arrest, aud on
rot,rn home he was shot and killed.
An alarm of fire was sounded at Arkah'
: CITY. few nights ago, to when tne
,ok and ladder company at once re.
onded. but as there was a great deal o!
arm, felt. some enthusiast took hold OF
q trucks before the officers or any Oh the
mpany were ready, and thereby caused
nainful. though not serious, injury TO
lief R. w. Smith and serious injuries 10
s,sistant Chief j. B. Amburn. Ihe alarm
owed to ae a false one. The citizens
mmend the zeal of the company, hut
ndemn the interference of outsiders
ith the fire company, and they will here
ter be severely punished.
The lifeless remains of Mr.. Joe Manhat-
n. foreman for L. McKillmurry, archi-
ct and builder, were found in the rear
his room in al. alley at TeXarkana
nights ago Justice Cannon and Mr.
Q i,Killmurry were notified of the discoV-
v. and on Investigation found that the
ceased, whose body was already cold
d stiff, had gone to his room at about
O'Clock in the evening, considerably
der the Influence of liquor, and, after
dressing to go to bed, went to the wind
u and fell out. The fall broke his neck
10 deceased has relatives in New 1ork
lite, his native home.
Another case of voudOoiSm, the curse or
v South, has recently been developed in
kansas City. Henry Switzer, a very
atpectable colored man, some few months
70 took unto himself bride. After a
'ort honeymoon among neighborlnS
svns the twain returned to Arkansas
. BY and took up their abode. Shortly
weafter light colored individual, call
himself DR.. Parker, took fancy to
rs. Switzer, and not knowing how else
win her Infections, except through SUI
s,stition, began to pay her visits and to
Hnscribe visions he said he
ia, exciting the natural jealousy
d the woman. Mrs. Swtzer asked DR..
srrker how she could win the affections of
"a. husband DR.. Parker gave her bottle
emedicide which he said would effectual-
" do the business. Fortunately Switzer
ncovered the trick and had DR.. Parker
rested, charging him with obtaining
hsney under false pretenses. Physicians
~ the decoction given by Dr.. Parker is
~ IDLY poison. The best part of the COL
I'D population are indignant, and say
hit you'd ooism must be stamped out.
noseph Temple has beon received at the
4 ,te Penitentiary on sentence of one
'ar from Bradley County for murder.
nharpe County recently sent two con-
sts to the penitentlary-John Dolby,
Shteen years for criminal assault and
j eph Tracy, five years for murder.
ID reward Of two hundred dollars is of.
Hsd for the arrest and delivery to the
riff of Crittenden County of James
7ger, who shot and killed w. H. Moore
September ], and who has been missing
glr since.
aarter Brutus, who was convicted in
d'land County in 1885 of homicide and
Itenced to five years in the penitentiary,
been pardoned by the Governor.
andy Holt, who was fined S25l in Crit
den County for selling branded
S'ches, and who was sent to jail in de.
rdt, has had his fine RENTED by the
hrernor, it being believed that Holt act.
hn ignorance of his liability.
experienced planters say cotton in the
Kansas river bottoms will be pretty
rroughly picked out by November.
NJ serious fire occurred in Little Rock
wv nights ago, burning out the office of
81 ArkdnsdS Democrat, L. F. Cinocchio's
X asfectionery, the office of the arkansas
F}hodtst, James Gray's mattress factory.
OIL office OF the Rurdl and Workman and
ner contiguous buildings. The loss i,
iy heavy, but is partially insured.
announcement was made in the Su.
" me Court at Little Rock few since
me appointment of Judge w. w. Mans.
sbt OF IOzark Franklin County, as Su.
N me Court reporter, to succeed JUDGE
y. Turner, lately deceased. Judge
d dnsneld was the digester of "Mansfield,s
Nest OF the Statutes of the State of Ar.
D isas." the work being completed lust
r1ore the assembling of our last Legisla.
NJ.
'heriff J. H. Coblentz, of Conway
MY, arrested Billy Powell at Plummer.
% a lew days ago, for passing counter.
q siiver dollars. When arrested Powell
u h'ted tnat he was guilty of disposing
ne spurious coin, but said he procured
d money from Jim Powell, who had list
'rned from serving two-years' sem
% at Detroit for practicing the same
1sle.
n @25th. ''' i'o'N Va
1Iile Rock. 700 '"S d.
y u overnor Hughes has offered a reward
y zoo for the arrest and delivery TO tbo
GIN OF Sharpe County of poL. -